Fertilizer-distributer.



Patented Nov. 26, l90l.

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FERTILIZER DISTBIBUTER.

(Application filed Aug. 21, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PAT T OFFICE. 1

JOHN DANIEL KINNEY, OF VIL LA RICA, GEORGIA.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,317, dated November26, 1 901.

' Application filed August 21, 1900. Serial No. 27,616. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Villa Rica, in the county ofCarroll and State of Georgia, have invented a new and usefulFertilizer-Distributer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved fertilizer-distributer; and it consists inthe peculiar construction and novel combination of devices hereinafterfully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of afertilizer-distributer embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detailsectional view of a portion of the hopper, the shoe, the drop-spout, andthe furrowopener. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the shaking-armfor the shoe and the rocking tappet.

In the embodiment of my invention the beam 1 is provided with a standard2, carrying furrow-opening plow or shovel 3, and to the rear end of thebeam are attached the handles 4. A drop-spout 5 is secured on the rearend of the beam, and the operating-wheel 6 is journaled in bearings 7near the front end of the beam. Said wheel 6 is provided on one sidewith a concentric series of tappetpins 8, which project therefrom. Apair of braces 9 connect the handle-bars 4 and the beams, and betweenthe said braces is secured the hopper 10, in which fertilizer iscarried. A shaking-shoe 11 is disposed under the hopper and suspendedtherefrom by a pair of depending straps or hangers 12, between which theshaking-shoe is pivoted. Said shakingshoe extends rearward and isinclined downward and discharges into the upper end of the drop-spout 5.To the front end of the shaking-shoe is secured an arm 13, whichprojects forward therefrom and is adapted to rest upon the uppermost ofthe series of tappet-pins 8 of operating-wheel 6. A rocking tappet 14 ispivoted to the arm 13 and is provided with a forward-extending arm 15,having on its under side a wear-block 16, which is successively engagedby the tappet-pins 8, and said rocking tappet is provided with arearward-extending arm 17, which is adapted to bear upon the arm 13, asat 18.

It will be understood that when the fertilizer-distributer is inoperation the rocking tappet 14 by the engagement of its wearblock 16with the tappet-pins 8 alternately raises and drops the arm 13, therebyvibratin g the shoe 11, and hence fertilizer conveyed to the shoe fromthe hopper is by the vibratory motion of the shoe delivered to thedropspout 5 and is dropped from the latter into the furrow in rear ofthe furrow-opening plow or shovel-3. When the machine is backed or drawnrearward for a few paces, as is necessary from time to time during theoperation thereof, as when starting a'row, the arm 13 rests idly on theuppermost tappets 8 and the wheel 6 is free to rotate rearwardly, therocking tappet 14 turning downwardly at its ends to permit thewear-block 16 to clear the tap pet-pins.

In order to regulate the quantity of fertilizer supplied to the drill, Iprovide a gageplate 19, which is secured on the rear side of the hopperby a bolt 20. Said gage-plate has an adjusting-slot 21, in which thebolt 20 opcrates, and the lower end of the gage-plate is disposedbetween the sides of the shakingshoe 11. Hence by adjusting thegage-plate vertically'the space between the lower side thereof and thebottom of the shaking-shoe will be increased or diminished at will, andhence the quantity of fertilizer discharged from the shaking-shoe may bereadily predetermined.

It will be understood that when the arm 13 is in engagement with thetappets 8 of the wheel and the machine is being backed the front end ofthe shoe 11 is lowered and its rear end raised and in contact with thegage-plate 19, which thus also acts as a gate, said gageplate and shoecoacting when the machine is being backed to cut off the flow offertilizer from the hopper 10.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a fertilizer-distributer,the combination with a frame, of a wheel carrying a series oftappet-pins, a hopper supported by the frame, a shoe mounted for rockingmovement beneath the hopper, an arm having one end rigidly secured tothe shoe and its other end normally disposed above the tappet-pins, anadjustable gate arranged at the rear of the hopper and normally out ofcontact with the shoe ICO shoe to be moved upward into contact with thegate cutting off thereby the feed of fertilizer, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN DANIEL KINNEY.

Witnesses:

W. H. MALONE, G. B. MALONE.

